@pixelpusher220

the pridefully #ignorant ones will endlessly blame shift away from their own #entitled #privileged indolence

the question is do they outnumber the ones who can have their eyes opened via the suffering they bring onto us by not #voting/ voting for #bigoted #plutocrat #malice

some have the bare minimum of heart to go "i was wrong"

if they are not enough? too late?

then we are truly fucked

#maga #voters, #nonvoters: i absolutely despise you

@inthehands @StillIRise1963 @tarheel

study the history of #chile, #southkorea, #spain

look at #serbia, #georgia, #hungary today

corrupt, murderous regimes, opposed

they fought! they're fighting!

what you about you #usa?

i will not listen to arguments saying #american #democracy is doomed:

hopelessness

cynicism

it only helps #plutocrat-#bigot malice

you fight

you #vote

now and forever

that matters

"but it should be easy"

never is and never will be

#america:

show a fucking spine

@rhodriplewiskc

the problem is not that a demented #plutocrat should be full of #hate and stupidity. that's almost a given

the tragedy, which we really need to get a handle on, is why his moronic #bigotry and #ignorance appeals to so many

"lol! #bigotry is new to you?"

no it's not new. but how it is goosed on #socialMedia for power so brazenly in cahoots with #plutocracy is a new and terrible wrinkle

yes, the #bigot-plutocrat #political axis is also not new

but it is supercharged now

@tarheel @Kierkegaanks

it's always been #bigots everywhere in large numbers

#plutocrat #socialMedia amplifies it, gooses it, celebrates it

one of the avenues we can fight back: get a new social media like #Mastodon to replace corporate centralized cesspits of trolls and #hate (i know, a big ask. one can dream)

to be clear: the root problem is #bigotry, not #technology

but bigotry is a much larger problem

so win the social media battle

and use that to further the much larger war on bigotry

@FranceskaMann @ohmu @Kierkegaanks

certainly

#plutocracy amplifies #hate on the right and #alienation on the left on purpose

the problem is we live in a #democracy (if we can keep it) so the average person matters. their choice to #vote #maga, or not vote matters

and the reasons they don't vote or vote maga is the #plutocrat influence machine, yes

but *why* does that influence work?

#socialMedia and #media #psyop work because hate and alienation is organic

we need to fight that too

@jaycee

the #conservative mind operates on #fear

overactive amygdala

it crowds out the prefrontal cortex: reason

#plutocrat #rightWing #media and #socialMedia amplifies the imbalance on purpose

pushing lies that goose the fear, #ignorance and #hate, capturing their minds, addicting them, controlling them

as suitably brainwashed zombies, programmed like robots, they dutifully and enthusiastically go to #vote

while the #left is not so engaged

this is our problem

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-human-beast/201104/conservatives-big-on-fear-brain-study-finds

@Thumper1964 @Nonilex

But it only effects "the poors" so the #plutocrat class doesn't care

And plenty of poor people support #Trump and will blame the #Democrats. Because that's what some troll on #socialMedia tells them

The stupid and the evil are killing us all

@Oneleggedjedi

Welcome.

It's not perfect here.

Nowhere is.

You'll find many others here in #sanctuary like yourself, and myself.

Together we can take #Mastodon beyond mere sanctuary and grow to kill #centralized #plutocrat #socialMedia.

I know, I know.

One can dream.

I need this dream. Many of us do.

We'll dream together.

@SearingTruth @hamishb @JapanProf

i disagree

if something is #decentralized it can't be taken over by #venturecapital

that's a huge difference in my view

you're worried about the dominant human sentiment

positive aspects of human sentiment can become dominant again in a system where #ignorance and #indecency is warded against, rather than amplified on purpose by #plutocrat agendas like on #centralized #socialmedia

a system like the #fediverse #mastodon *has* to grow

to save us